Nassar, who is currently on trial for sexually abusing hundreds of female athletes, worked as a doctor of sports medicine at Michigan State for over 20 years. Much of his trial has centered around McKayla Maroney and Nassar’s role with USA Gymnastics, but many have wondered about how much Michigan State knew about his actions.

The NCAA has opened an investigation at Michigan State looking in its handling of Larry Nassar. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

Michigan State came under fire again for its handling of Nassar on Tuesday after a trustee waved off the Nassar trial, saying the Board of Trustees had spent just “10 minutes” talking about “this Nassar thing.”

That trustee, Joel Ferguson, was asked whether he was concerned if the NCAA would get involved in the situation during a radio interview. Ferguson responded by laughing, and then said:

“To do what? This is not Penn State. They were dealing with their football program. They’re smart enough to know they’re not competent to walk in here on this.”

Hours later, the NCAA formally opened their investigation.

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